Really super work, and it's a lot funnier now! I especially liked how you handled the pronunciation of "Knagh-U'Ruh." Great work!

I know the story may just seem weird, but my idea for the concept was to imagine if we still had a primitive sort of society with its practices overlayed upon our modern era. I got the idea from a cnn article that showed that well-preserved bodies were found in a peat bog in Ireland that showed evidence of hairstyling gel and manicured fingernails, showing that "people from back then were thinking the same things they are now" or something like that (I'm paraphrasing). So I thought I'd just take that idea to its absurd conclusion, as well as to consider whether some of our modern pastimes, like sports, are actually a replacement for more violent activities, with that aggression being channeled elsewhere.

The real start of the piece was that I wanted to satirize the quarterback situation while the story was fresh, but I couldn't work out what the comedic hook was. My original idea was "OU Quarterback Honored for Excellence in Goldbricking," but I felt that was too unfairly critical of OU as well as not particularly funny. I think I made the right decision to go with my second idea. The whole OUCH concept was worth a laugh also, although I did sort of backronym it into the whole hunting idea, which I then used to develop the "modern primitive" flavor of the article.

Thanks for sorting out that page thing for me. I didn't quite understand the explanation, but I'll have a look at it again tomorrow when I'm less, shall we say, refreshed.

Yeah, go nuts with the Dick Tracy thing. I don't own the copyright on the pic, much less the sentiment. FYI I've replaced the pic on my page with one of the Smoking Man from the X-Files. Initially I couldn't upload the Smoking Man cos my PC only does bitmap and I had to find some trial freeware that would turn the bastards into jpegs. -- Sir Armando PerentieKUNFP 12:23, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

Sorry to bother you again, Vicar, but I don't know where else to turn. Maybe it's because I've heard your voice on the audio or maybe because I've seen you through your bathroom window, but I feel kind of close to you. I've written yet another bullshit news story at UnNews:'Bugger that for a joke,' says Australian soldier but it doesn't seem to be showing up on the UnNews front page. Any ideas? -- Sir Armando PerentieKUNFP 11:05, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

Hey Reverend. Yeah, I think there is a lack of business UnNews that could be hurting our credibility with the Top End of Town. Long-lunching, whore-hopping businessmen are a valuable advertising demographic and we don't want to be losing them to The Wall Street Journal or the Financial Times. Otherwise we'll start losing click-through revenue from our ads for funny ring tones.

So yeah, go ahead and launch a takeover bid for GNN. I probably shouldn't be telling you this, but being a somewhat slow-witted kind of reptile I can probably be enticed by shiny things. Like a forklift pallet of shiny tins of beer.

An any case I will redouble my efforts to follow house style, and thanks for the blessing. That axe is rather sharp but the cut is healing up nicely. -- Sir Armando PerentieKUNFP 23:51, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

Umm... yeah, full cans would be preferable. But from your point of view it would probably be easier just to make up some bullshit story than actually send me the beer. But if you have any beer that you don't need I'll send you my address. -- Sir Armando PerentieKUNFP 10:31, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

That audio and the editing of the surface-to-humus missile piece is just great! many thanks!
BTW, no offence inteded, but the part where you tried to say AHMADINAJAD and just couldn't was hilarious.....:) keep on the great work!

Nobody's ever done that with one of mine before, it's really cool. At the time I wrote that one, I was actually concerned how it would go over, since it was sort of short and relied mainly on Britney bashing for humor, but I think in retrospect that the cover's inherent silliness won the day and made this gag work. I don't have a problem with Britney Spears being naked on the cover of Harpers, but it is a bit of a "What the hell?" moment, as in "what the hell is Britney Spears doing naked on the cover of Harpers?" And of course, what's going on is selling magazines, and selling Britney (literally). But that doesn't mean we can't put our fun uncyclopedia spin on the story and make it about a hilarious alzheimers-level mental breakdown, rather than about publicity and the almighty dollar.

Again, thanks for the work; it makes this whole thing seem more real, and therefore funnier.

Not to hi-jack the thread, but ditto for the audio on My article, Article "Cheap Rip-off of the Onion," Sources say. I wasn't expecting what you said. I laughed for a long time. I'm thinking of making into a running joke with different titles and slight variences. Mrthejazz 21:48, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

That makes me smile. I too would give you an uber-cool template, but I have yet to make one because I am mildly retarded. Mrthejazz 05:48, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

Sir, as your writing and spelin skills are so much in advance of mine, and if i posted it you would probably have to edit the hell out of it anyway, i was wondering if you would care to take over User:Usewho'sname?/popeonviagra ? or, and this is more likley, if it is a bag'o'shite let me know and i will consign it to the bin--Usewho'sname? 11:08, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

Much better than I did. cheers. question though, how the hell do i play the audio file? --Usewho'sname? 11:07, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

!!!!ZIM!!!!... I clicked them together three times but nothing happened! I'm still stuck in La-La Land watching midgets dance and sing. But, I'm happy because i have these really cool shoes, and that is a good thing, because i want you to know, that just like my shoes, you are really cool too....isn't that great!---Lady Alia Kenobi

you voted for me, you gave me blessings...you helped me create this... so i feel should should have this!--Alia kenobi 05:52, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

Hey, your nomination was well deserved, as far as I can see you've met all of the criteria (Pretty cool, Good Articles, IRCer.) I'll be looking forward to seeing more... stuff from you. You seem to be a pretty funny guy, and well.. funny has potential. Just try not to get too wrapped up in the whole NotM thing.. trust me, it's been the demise of many. Heh, I wasn't even considered fro n00b of the month when I was new here, and I turned out just fine, right? RIGHT?! CAN'T YOU SEE!?! WHY WON'T YOU LOOK AT ME?!?!WHY!?t o m p k i n s blah.ﺞوﻦוףהՃՄண்ஸފއހวอฏม+տtrade websites 00:08, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

Greetings, Zim_ulator,
Thanks for the comment! When I saw the message on my talk page, it brightened up my day! As long as I've given one person a good laugh, my career (such as it is) here has been a success. Thanks, again, for the comment!

Hi, you posted on my userpage that we talked on IRC and that I'm not an asshole. Sadly you are wrong on the first count and possibly wrong on the second. I'm pretty sure that the me you talked to isn't the me that's talking now...freaky. Is there some detail I'm missing? Modusoperandi 01:43, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

Zim, one good turn deserves another, and your gracious gift of a self-made award to me deserves nothing less than the return of a self-made award (made by me and then given to you and select others) to you.

Wild Weasel has awarded you the highly non-covetedWeasel's Award of Superior Achievement Barring IndictmentGo forth and do great things!(just don't get indicted)

You seem to already have multiple thank you threads going, so I'm staring another one to keep it clear. I appreciated your votes and kind words for Oscar Mayer and On a stick. It's made my return to Uncyclopedia all the more rewarding. :) ~ T. (talk) 23:04, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

Just a note, I've moved your award out of Template: namespace, as that namespace is getting abused by vanity lately, (see the above section, had to delete 3 or 4 templates by Sliferjam that would have very little use, including one called {{Sliferjam}} that just basically said "Don't delete this template!". Ugh. I would leave yours except it sets a bad example for the others. Sorry. ^_^. New usage: {{User:Zim_ulator/blessing}}. --Splaka 21:41, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for your help and explanation of what you did, why I suck, and how I'll do better next time. I'm still pretty much a n00b, but I was even more of a n00b when I made that template, so you are generous in not giving me a proper asskicking... heh heh... really, though, thanks. Rev. Zim(Talk)Get saved! 15:36, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

Oh, and did you somehow magically have the links fixed? You rock! Rev. Zim(Talk)Get saved! 15:38, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

They voted for me. And I didn't even have to bribe them.Thanks for the vote for Writer of the Month. I've been waiting for this for months now...it's probably the thing I most wanted out of my time here.-- Bradaphraser

Hey thanks for dialing up the Bowie article...I wrote it very late at night (with live Ziggy dvd on)...looks far more professional now. BTW if you like, vote me for n00b of the month--Shandon 22:12, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

Cheers for doing all the heroic voicing stuff for my shitty unnews articles. Your rendition of an old school Buckinghamshire accent almost made me have an embarrassing accident. And apologies for appalling punctuation and general standard of English, us country folk ent good with our words and letters. --Billsheppard 17:13, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

Since you seem to essentially run UnNews, I have a question. I made UnNews:Jesus Sues Mel Gibson For Plagarism and UnNews:Gandhi Indicated In Doping Scandal, I noticed you did the audio for both. These stories have both been the "featured" UnNews story in the last two days. I was just wondering, is which article is featured random, or does this mean that these articles have been really good? I just transitioned to writing UnNews, I was also just wondering if an UnNews regular like you thinks that my articles have been good. Any advice? There are more to come. --SirCHolla | CUN 20:53, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, I know you're not an admin or anything, but hell, you did win the Foolitzer and Distribution of Misinformation awards. Thought you'd be good to ask. And thanks for answering, glad you liked the articles. I'll make another one tonight, just got to find a topic... --SirCHolla | CUN 22:52, 31 July 2006 (UTC)